The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

' APRIL 1990

source materials and background information may be obtained. Hopefully the writer of this brief notice may be excused for referring to the helpful advice which William Fulbeck (1560-1603) gave to law students. Fulbeck was writing only a hundred years after the intro- duction of printing: "Neither ought it to trouble us, that the law books are so huge, and large, and that there is such an ocean of reports, and such a preplexed confusion of opinions, because the science itself is short and easy to one that is diligent, according to that saying; Industriae omnia serva fiunt, All things are servants to diligence, or come at her command, and [the law] is not to be esteemed by the greatness or smallness of the books, but the goodness of their rules". (Fulbeck's Direction, or Pre- parative to the Study of the Law (1599). Eamonn G. Hall I R I SH COMPANY AND PAR TNE R SH IP LAW. (Study Taxt) [BPP (Nl) Publishing, 1989, xxxiv + 434 pp £16.95 stg.] The publishers state that Irish Company and Partnership Law is a manual designed to equip the reader to meet the challenge of the subject and to achieve success at degree or professional level. The publishers acknowledge the contri- bution of Gerard McCormack, BCL, LLM (NUI), Barrister, lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Universtiy of Southampton, who acted as general editor of the text, David N. N. Tomkin, MPhil, PhD, lecturer in Company Law at Dublin City Uni- versity and a consultant solicitor, and Máire Whelan, BA, LLB (NUI), LLM (Lond), Barrister, former chair- person of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) who is a practising bar- rister in Dublin. The relevant syllabi of a number of professional bodies are set out before the main text together with a commentary, where appropriate, and a review of past examination papers. The syllabi covered ralate to the Institute of Chartered Account- ants in Ireland, the Chartered Association of Certified Account- ants, the Chartered Institute of

Management Accountants, the In- stitute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland and the Institute of Accounting Technicians in Ireland. The syllabi of the professional law schools in Ireland are not included. - There are references in the text to both Irish and UK decisions as well as to decisions in cases from other jurisdictions. The law is stated as of December 1989. The law as stated in the manual is divided into six parts and twenty- eight chapers: part A deals with company formation and records; part B relates to share and loan capital; part C is concerned with the management and administra- tion of a company; part D relates to company reconstructions, take- overs and mergers; part E deals with liquidation and dissolution and part F relates to partnership. An index of cases and a general index are also provided. The year of the decided case is cited but no refer- ence is made to where the case is reported. This omission is regretted by the writer of this notice. The manual, written in a lucid and attractive style, does provide a comprehensive coverage of topics examined by the professional accounting bodies in their company law paper. This work was not intended for practitioners. Yet the manual is a useful aide-mémoire for anyone interested in company law. Eamonn G Hall LEGAL DIARY The revised annual subscription rate for an ordinary subscriber (excluding postage) is £94.00 Postal charge per copy 23p The Legal Diary is published by: Mount Salus Press, Bishop Street, Dublin 8.

ROSCOMMON BAR ASSOCIATION

The following Officers were elected for the year 1990/91: President: JOHN SWEENEY (Roscommon) Vice-President: REBECCA FINNERTY (Roscommon) Secretary: PADRAIG KELLY (Strokestown) Treasurer: BRIAN NEILAN (Roscommon)

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